The application discloses a pseudo-virtual element method for a small-scale tightly-coupled electric scanning array, which comprises the following steps: S1, performing period boundary debugging and determining basic unit parameters; S2, establishing a complete array comprising effective units (1) and pseudo-virtual elements (2), and performing small
signal feeding on the pseudo-virtual elements (2) to determine the size of the pseudo-virtual elements (2) and small
signal power; S3, setting the
input impedance of the pseudo-virtual elements (2) as Z1, setting the
input impedance of the effective units (1) as Z2, simultaneously connecting the virtual elements without adjacent effective units (1) to a preset load as real virtual elements (3), simulating the complete array, and fine-tuning structure parameters and the size of a power divider (4) to complete the design. The application can significantly suppress the performance deterioration caused by the edge effect, improve low-frequency
standing wave and
radiation performance, maintain array phase consistency and scanning performance, and is suitable for super
wideband small-scale tightly-coupled electric scanning arrays and has strong
engineering implementation.